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词条 Strengths and weaknesses of evolution
释义

  1. History

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  2. Educational and scientific value

  3. Specific weaknesses and their scientific rebuttals

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

{{Rquote|right|Scientists are always probing the strengths and weakness of their hypotheses. That is the very nature of the enterprise. But evolution is no longer a hypothesis. It is a theory rigorously supported by abundant evidence. The weaknesses that creationists hope to teach as a way of refuting evolution are themselves antiquated, long since filed away as solved. The religious faith underlying creationism has a place, in church and social studies courses. Science belongs in science classrooms.|The Cons of Creationism|editorial from The New York Times[1]}}

"Strengths and weaknesses of evolution" is a controversial phrase that has been proposed for (and in Texas introduced into) public school science curricula. Those proposing the phrase, such as the chairman of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), Don McLeroy, purport that there are weaknesses in the theory of evolution and in the evidence that life has evolved that should be taught for a balanced treatment of the subject of evolution. The scientific community rejects that any substantive weaknesses exist in the scientific theory, or in the data that it explains, and views the examples that have been given in support of the phrasing as being without merit and long refuted.[2][2]

This has led scientists and journalists to conclude that the phrase is a creationist tactic to introduce religion into science courses.